Community Law Canterbury

General information

Community Law Centres are non profit organisations which work to reduce and remove barriers to the law. Community Law Canterbury services provide quality, free legal help to people in Canterbury who face barriers in accessing justice.

For more information about all our services visit our website www.canlaw.org.nz

Community Law Canterbury provides the services of a team of its lawyers to the Residential Advisory Service (RAS). This team has extensive knowledge in insurance law within the context of earthquake damage claims, having worked exclusively in this area of the law for the past three years. They have assisted over 3,256 homeowners, with issues including repair strategies, scope of works, cash settlement, quality of work, apportionment of claims, delay, out of scope work, temporary accommodation, retaining walls, the limitation periods, and so on.
While CLC receives funding from EQC, the insurers and the Council to a lesser extent, to enable these services to be provided free of charge to the home owner, the independence of the advice is preserved by the professional rules our lawyers are required to observe by the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS), including that they must act solely in the best interest of their client and zealously preserve the confidentiality of their client’s information or face disciplinary action from the NZLS.
If you would like assistance from a CLC lawyer on your earthquake claim, please leave a message for us on (03) 366 6870, and we will call you back asap. Alternatively, please call the RAS call centre on (03) 379 7027 or 0800 777 299.